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PETERSON v. TIONA

No. 45273.

292 S.W.2d 581 (1956)

Alvin PETERSON and Verla Peterson, Respondents, v. Jimmie TIONA, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 1.

July 9, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn M. Ewing, Ewing, Ewing & Ewing, Nevada, for appellant.

Orval H. Jewett, Joplin, for respondents.

COIL, Commissioner.

A jury awarded respondents $8,000 in their action for damages for the wrongful death of their 15 year old son, Ray Peterson. Defendant below, Jimmie Tiona, Jr., has appealed from the ensuing judgment. There is no controversy about the fact that Ray Peterson was killed about 1:00 a. m. on August 15, 1954, as he was riding his motorcycle southwardly on U. S. Highway 71 a short distance north of Horton...

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